Gary Joshua (right) ready to make his EFC debut.

Cape Town, South Africa – Cape Town athlete Gary Joshua is set to make his EFC debut next Friday in the opening fight of the night. He faces a tough task in the experienced Lourens Botes from Lowveld. Kwesé Sports recently caught up with the young prospect.

Below is a short exert from the interview. read the full interview on Kwesé Sports here: http://www.kwesesports.com/mma/efc/joshua-looking-for-a-war-against-botes/

“So he’s like a gatekeeper in my opinion. He’s not someone I’m going to look past and underestimate in any aspect. At the end of the day it’s a fight, I can get caught, he can get caught. But I’m coming in for war. I respect him in every aspect as a person but when the cage door closes it’s war, one of us is going down.”

This fight takes place on the prelim card ahead of the biggest fight in EFC history where Demarte Pena will take-on Irshaad Sayed to unify the bantamweight title.=

EFC 55: Pena vs Sayed, Mazany vs Madge presented by SUPABETS, takes place on Friday 11 November 2016 at GrandWest, Cape Town. Tickets are on sale now at www.computicket.com, and the 5 main card bouts will be broadcast live on kwesesports.com (Sub-Saharan Africa) and Kwesé Free Sports (Kenya & Rwanda) starting at 20:00 (CAT) and delayed live e.tv (South Africa after the 20:30 (CAT) movie. Full broadcast details available on www.efcworldwide.com.